초록
The purpose of this study is to reveal the expression characteristics of Chinese and Sichuan traditional culture at the modernized restaurants which sells Sichuan food focusing on the Chengdu area. In terms of research methods, 12 selected Sichuan restaurants were visited from January 26th to February 1st, 2013 for the investigation research. The expression methods of traditional culture were divided into traditional reproduction, traditional transformation and traditional reinterpretation. The study results were as follows. First, in the external space components, facade has brought the Chinese and Sichuan local tradition as original or applied negative transformation like the replacement of the materials even though it is modernized. Secondly, in terms of the components of the internal space, as for the ceiling, the Chinese traditional culture transformed or reinterpreted the traditional ceiling structure, with which the culture was expressed indirectly. Thirdly, in terms of the decoration elements in the interior space, as for the furniture, various methods like the reproduction, transformation and reinterpretation of the Chinese traditional furniture were employed but there was none furniture which included the Sichuan local traditional culture. In a short, both of Chinese and Sichuan local traditional cultures were used as they were or transformed diversely or expressed colorfully.